Nostrodamus
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Want to be a used 35LBS genuine CQR?
When we bought the boat it had a 35LBS CQR fitted which I believe is too small for a 15 ton, 45 foot boat. I think something over 60 LBS would be more suitable.
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Happy to help bring some sanity and reality back into anchoring discussions. I shouldn't think you'd have any winch issues. Probably a smidgen slower is about all you'd see, if even that, probably the same with battery drain, negligible at most. We aren't talking huge weight increases really.GMac,
Thank you for your explanation which helped a lot.
Just aside from this would a much heavier anchor cause problems with an electric windlass (Lewmar Ocean 3) and would there be a lot more drain on the batteries as a result hauling out a heavier anchor?
In all our testing we haven't seen an anchor out do a chain, the anchors have always let go 1st. I suppose if you subscribe to the monster anchor lite rode theory, something 99% don't, it is possible. Also if you have some chain of low quality, mainly all out of a eastern country, it is possible but I'd expect you'd see warning of an impeding total chain failure approaching. Most chains from that area of manufacturing tend to stretch early (i.e. sooner than there specifications usually suggest) so I'd expect someone to sit thru a decent blow then notice the chain not working on the windlass the next morning. By decent blow I mean 30-40kts, we have seen a couple of 10mm eastern made chains change shape after a 35fter and a 39fter had 25-30kts overnight but were still a fair way away from total failure.I'm supremely happy with my new generation anchor. Certainly far better then the older secure type. It sets instantly and has never dragged - even with 65 knots over the deck. I now lie awake at night wondering if the rode is strong enough.....I'll probably upgrade that next.
Just looked at cqr prices - CRUMBSWhy would anyone buy a new one of those these days??
If the OP bought his new hook hoping for sound, unworried sleep whilst at anchor, he may well be disappointed. Rocnas are notoriously noisy anchors. This racket is transmitted up the chain by what is known technically as Craigian harmonics, a sort of high-pitched "me-me" noise.
Never encountered this in my time with a Rocna, and it sounds far-fetched - a joke even.
In any case you should use a rope to snub over the bow roller and you shouldn't get any noise from any anchor.
Never encountered this in my time with a Rocna, and it sounds far-fetched - a joke even.
In any case you should use a rope to snub over the bow roller and you shouldn't get any noise from any anchor.
A genuine one is well made & I can't imagine a better design for mud which is what they were intended for presumably.......use the anchor in the wrong situation & what do you expect!![]()
In all our testing we haven't seen an anchor out do a chain, the anchors have always let go 1st.
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